Cartier Tank Cintrée made for Barthelay and the Bicompax line itself

and the Bicompax line itself has since been discontinued

whose own eponymous brand became a playground for horological audacity

4 Hz vibration

Reference G3734 houses this complication in an 18k yellow gold case

and entirely free of the Swiss watchmaking conventions that dominated the luxury market at the time

Cartier Tank Cintrée made for Barthelay and the Bicompax line itselfThe Tank Cintre is among the most architecturally demanding of all Cartier's Tank family. Where the Tank Louis and the Tank Amricaine curve gently to follow the wrist, the Cintre takes the principle to its logical extreme a case so dramatically arched along its vertical axis that it wraps the wrist with an almost organic fluency. First produced in the 1920s, it represents the Tank at its most jewel like, a form that prioritises elegance over